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CC013230 Central SterileFull Time
The Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Manager is responsible for the daily management of sterile processing activities in the OR and Sterile Processing (Central Sterile) Department. The SPD Manager monitors sterilization activities, ensures competency and performance of staff, and assists in managing the operational and capital budgets related to these areas. The SPD Manager oversees the duties of the Central Sterile Lead Techs, Central Sterile Techs, Central Sterile Quality Coordinator, and Central Sterile Instrument Coordinator. The SPD Manager assumes a leadership role in all areas of practice ensuring the delivery of quality patient care and maximizing patient outcomes. They collaborate with other caregivers to challenge and coordinate institutional resources in order to maximize advocacy for patient and family care and in achieving the most effective outcome.
Bachelor's Degree
Related Field - 5 years with 1 year of leadership experience
Certified Registered Central Sterile Technician - Healthcare Sterile Processing Association
1. Identifies and champions performance improvement opportunities and utilizes processes to recommend, implement, and evaluate practice changes.
2. Ensures department utilizes proper precaution during decontamination processes. Ensures all instruments, sets and supply items are assembled, packaged, and sterilized according to AORN, AMMI and departmental standards Ensures proper functioning and cleanliness of sterilizers, communicating needs to maintenance as needed.
3. Initiates product recalls, per departmental policy.
4. Has full authority for personnel actions including assessing staff performance and completing performance evaluations.
5. Assumes accountability for assessing staff resources and delegating responsibilities based on skill and knowledge of available resources to ensure adequate staffing/skills to meet the needs of surgical services.
6. Collaborates with the Business Manager to monitor financial information, identifying trends or concerns. Takes initiatives and actions to correct problematic areas and/or reinforce positive
trends.
7. Monitors the shelf life of sterile items, coordinates the rotation of supplies and ensures routine checks for outdated items. Monitors volume and workload indicators (OR schedule, Burn unit census, in-patient census) in order to anticipate supply and instrument needs.
8. Supervises the utilization of consignment sets, ensuring that patient charging and department billing are accurate.
9. Reviews at least annually, implant count/ charge sheets in order to assess the accuracy and completeness of the charging process. Works collaboratively with the business manager, secretary and team leaders to revise the charge sheet as needed.
10. Collaborates with the Business Manager, Service Leaders, and Team Leaders and vendors in
planning for OR instrumentation needs.
11. Keeps abreast of current information, trends and regulatory requirements related to sterilization activities, implant management and cost effective strategies. Participates in continuing education opportunities as appropriate. Maintains communication with AC Epidemiologist concerning sterilization issues or concerns.
12. Performs other duties as assigned.
Arkansas Children's is the only healthcare system in the state solely dedicated to caring for Arkansas' more than 700,000 children. The private, non-profit organization includes two pediatric hospitals, a pediatric research institute and USDA nutrition center, a philanthropic foundation, a nursery alliance, statewide clinics, and many education and outreach programs — all focused on fulfilling a promise to define and deliver unprecedented child health. Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level I pediatric trauma center; the state's only burn center; the state's only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit; the state's only pediatric intensive care unit; the state’s only pediatric surgery program with Level 1 verification from the American College of Surgeons (ACS); the state’s only magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for neurosurgical planning and cutting-edge research; and the state's only nationally recognized pediatric transport program. Arkansas Children’s Hospital is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report in seven pediatric specialties (2022—2023): Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nephrology, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology. Arkansas Children’s Northwest (ACNW), the first and only pediatric hospital in the Northwest Arkansas region, is a level IV pediatric trauma center. ACNW operates a 24-bed inpatient unit; a surgical unit with five operating rooms; outpatient clinics offering over 20 subspecialties; diagnostic services; imaging capabilities; occupational therapy services; and Northwest Arkansas' only pediatric emergency department, equipped with 30 exam rooms. Generous philanthropic and volunteer engagement has sustained Arkansas Children's since it began as an orphanage in 1912, and today ensures the system can deliver on its promise of unprecedented child health. To learn more, visit archildrens.org.
